- John Cage

Named after Mount Hiko, where legend tells that Yuzu Kosho was first created:

Mount Hiko Pearl:

1 1/2 oz. Gin (I'm still working on the exact brand, I think Tanqueray might be right)
3/4 oz. Fresh Lime Juice
1/2 oz. Green Chartreuse
1/2 oz. Simple Syrup
1 barspoon Green Yuzu Kosho (a puree of yuzu rind with green chiles and salt)
2-3 leaves Thai Basil
dash orange bitters

Shake all ingredients with ice and double-strain into a cocktail coupe

A refreshing and addictive Peach Tea Julep made with tea-infused bourbon.

Check it out here

Click here to download Mujeres de Juárez from the album Voices + Sine Waves

And if you do, please consider taking the time to rate/review the album on iTunes or Amazon

Plus, there are still copies of the limited edition of Voices + Sine Waves available - only $10!

Check out the beautiful video by Ana Baer-Carrillo for Mujeres de Juárez

Check out on the Horizon of this Beach from 2001

Grapefruit Lime Soda:
Juice of 1 Lime
1 Tbs. Grapefruit syrup (1 part grapefruit juice, 1 part sugar cooked until just boiling and cooled - this can be stored in the refrigerator for a month or two once made)
mix over ice and top with club soda.

Refreshing!

P.S. - I'm gonna try to share more recipes for drinks and whatnot.

Individually hand-numbered and signed copies are available now for only $10. Click here to purchase your copy

Voices + Sine Waves is a collection of short works by Randy Gibson written over the last 10 years. These works represent the most primal and basic of materials; voices ethereal and guttural; sine waves pure and distorted. Most of these pieces have been scores for short films or dances, but exist on their own as recordings of a single performance.

Exclusive to this CD release, and not available for download, is the raga influenced The Third Pillar with its Lowest Primes and Memories of The Second Pillar from Apparitions of The Four Pillars III-iii-2010 20:02:56" - 20:20:17" (Brooklyn). Following the world premiere of Apparitions of The Four Pillars, The Third Pillar immediately struck us all as the most melodic and raga-like of the Pillars, and thus the most readily suitable for a short-form recording. The third take of the evening recording session, The Third Pillar..., is a single improvised performance by Randy Gibson on toy organ, William Lang on trombone, and Drew Blumberg on violin.

There will not be a second printing of this CD, and The Third Pillar will only be available on this recording. Don't miss the opportunity to own this remarkable collection of works.

It's 17 minutes of droning raga-inflicted melodies all drawn from The Third Pillar. The physical version of Voices + Sine Waves is going to be limited to an edition of 100 signed and numbered units, and this will be the only place this piece will be available.

There's no release date yet for the album, but it should only be a couple of weeks.

I've uploaded a bunch of the photos to Flickr here and this is one of my favorites:

Drew Blumberg and Tom Chiu - Photo by Travis Dubreuil

The projection created by Oscar Henriquez is a true psychedelic pleasure to perform in.

The avant-premiere, with Will Lang on trombone, will take place on February 27th at 8PM at Wild Project, 195 East third street - as a part of the Avant Music Festival,

I hope you can join me for another immersive meditative experience.

Ever since I got my first toy organ in early 2009 I've been brewing a piece that would involve a number of organs, sine waves, and performers. Something modular, and maybe a little tiny bit more portable than the behemoth that is Doleo Æternus.

My basic process whenever I write a new piece is as follows: a kernel of an idea will come to me - it may be the tuning, or a sound, or a texture, or even (rarely) a feeling or emotion; that idea then percolates in my brain for a long time, popping up here or there unnoticed or considered, until the right moment comes along; then the piece tends to sort of tumble out quickly, nearly fully formed - being refined through the rehearsal process into the shape it will be in its first performance.

When, shortly after the premiere of Doleo, I approached Wild Project about the possibility of returning to do a festival of sorts, I never expected it would happen so quickly. I'm glad it did, because Apparitions came tumbling out in a matter of days, almost ready to go.

As soon as I had the tuning structure in mind (it's based on the idea of four pillars of tuning, stacks of 5ths, 7ths, 9ths, and 11ths) - the actual piece structure came very naturally, and I sketched out my first score to begin working on the electronics

Early Score Image for "Apparitions of The Four Pillars"

The realm of sine waves (an intense series of related prime harmonics inspired by the dense prime-harmonic sine-wave compositions pioneered by my mentor La Monte Young), and the delay lines (a rhythmically / harmonically linked process) quickly put everything into perspective, not only about this iteration, but how future smaller or larger iterations could be formed, and how this tuning structure could act as a basis for a series of interconnected pieces.

This performance will carry the full title: Apparitions of The Four Pillars with Their Lowest Primes, The Premonition of The Second Rung, and The Third Rung Connector

In addition to the violinists Drew Blumberg and Catherine McCurry, who make up The Apparition String Ensemble, I'm very excited to be joined in the World Premiere by Tom Chiu, the brilliant experimental violinist ; and in the Avant-Premiere by William Lang, the avant-garde trombonist. The projection that Oscar Henriquez is creating for us to perform in is truly breathtaking and hypnotic and will be the perfect foil for the droning shimmering wall of sound that characterizes this piece.

Here is a short sample from our most recent rehearsal - this should give you an idea of the sound world I'm heading towards -

Tickets to Apparitions of The Four Pillars and all of the events on the Avant Music Festival are now on sale from avantmedia.org

Update:

Dress Rehearsal photo by Travis Dubreuil:

Organs in the glow of the projection